What It Really Means to Be a 10x DevRel
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What It Really Means to Be a 10x DevRel

I reframe the "10x engineer" myth for DevRel, arguing real multiplier value comes from mentoring others and amplifying their voices.
Getting Started With Zmanim-WP Shortcodes
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Getting Started With Zmanim-WP Shortcodes

Kicking off my tutorial series for the free Zmanim-WP WordPress plugin, covering sunrise and sunset shortcodes plus core configuration options.
Why Ranking #1 Is No Longer Enough
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Why Ranking #1 Is No Longer Enough

GEO isn't about ranking #1 anymore. It's about AI models trusting you enough to cite you. Here's how to build authorship signals AI can actually verify.
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The First User Problem (Not for promoting)

I’ve been building an AI workspace for teams for a while now and honestly I thought getting people to use it would be easy since its free to use now. I just want feedback. But even then it’s hard to get people to spend a few minutes trying it with their team or individually. If any of you have been through this before please let me know what worked for you? How did you get your first real users?
I turned running a B2B SaaS into a free browser game
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I turned running a B2B SaaS into a free browser game

I've spent the past few weeks building a browser game that simulates running a B2B SaaS company, mostly because I wanted it to play it myself. It runs in real time. One season runs for exactly 1 quarter and there's no pause button, so decisions pile up in a CEO inbox while you're at your actual job, and if you ignore them long enough they get decided without you. Your team also trusts you less if you disappear for a week, which felt fair. The part I spent the most time on is fundraising. The...
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AI Made Building Easy. Distribution Became Hard.

AI has made building software cheaper than ever. A solo founder can now build what used to require a 20-person engineering team. But here's the catch... If everyone can build, then building is no longer the advantage. Distribution is. The winners over the next decade won't be the startups with the most features. They'll be the startups with: • Clear positioning • A memorable narrative • A focused ICP • A repeatable GTM engine The barrier to building has fallen. The barrier ...
After months of building, I finally launched my first SaaS. Here's what i learned.
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After months of building, I finally launched my first SaaS. Here's what i learned.

Hey everyone, I'm an 18-year-old solo founder from Pakistan, and after months of building, auditing, fixing bugs, redesigning, and questioning every decision, I finally launched my first SaaS. It's called EmberFlow. The goal wasn't to build "another invoicing app." I wanted something freelancers and small agencies could actually run their business from: * Client management * Professional proposals * Invoicing * Payment tracking * Analytics * Brand customization * ...
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how do you handle open-sourced alternatives of your product?

nowadays it feels like a trend to opensource a good product or idea and completely remove or reduce the sub charge v much im not against opensource but as a marketer or builder what are the things you can do to make the users believe you're worth it?
The problem with AI-built products is not the code. It is that every interface starts looking interchangeable.
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The problem with AI-built products is not the code. It is that every interface starts looking interchangeable.

AI coding tools have made it much easier to build a functional SaaS product. But they have also made it much easier to build something that looks exactly like everything else. The same gradients, large hero text, rounded cards, generic icons, and landing-page structure appear repeatedly. That is a bigger problem than it seems. For a SaaS product, the interface is often the first signal of whether the product feels trustworthy, intentional, and worth paying for. I initially tried solvin...
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How we steal customers from a $100M+ saas competitor, ethically

in our case 53% of our July customers were already paying Clay, a $100M+ competitor and Here's how we take them off (nothing groundbreaking but mostly the stuff that took us 2 years to actually do consistently) Calling yourself the alternative to a giant is supposed to be weak branding. It's the riskiest thing we did, on purpose, because the buyer isn't learning a category, they have 3-4 tabs open evaluating daily, one bad week and they turn on you. everyone who stayed picked us with a rea...
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Do trials work for SaaS products?

Simple question. Looking for feedback. I just implemented a simple trial system: an email capture (no CC required) and a 7-day key is minted. Is 7 days enough? Should it be 30 days? Does anyone with trial options for their product see conversions from trials? FYI, the main service is free forever; the paid upsell is only for added features. Thanks.